Concert March 18 in Cologne, 8 pm, Maison Belge

Program:
Airscope I - Isao Matsushita
Manto - Scelsi
Density 21.5 - Varèse
Musik über die Callot Figuren - Pèter Köszeghy
(German Premiere)
Syrinx - Debussy
Lunar Phases (Premiere) - Miyuki Ito
Pieces for harp solo - Gordon Sherwood
Venus - Miquel Lorca (Premiere)


with Xenia Narati, harp, and Vincent Royer, viola

Das Konzert findet im Rahmen der Reihe Schlüsselwerke der Neuen Musik von
ON - Neue Musik Köln statt.

ON - Neue Musik Köln wird gefördert durch das Netzwerk Neue Musik, ein
Förderprojekt der Kulturstiftung des Bundes, sowie durch die Stadt Köln und
die RheinEnergieStiftung Kultur.

More here:
ON
or here:
Kulturkenner - Camilla Hoitenga in Köln

HAPPY 2009!!

Without having made any resolutions toward improving my "web presence" this year, I will at least begin with announcing the next musical activities:

Ultraschall Festival in Berlin

31 January 2009 -- 19:00 Sophiensaal Concert with Hèloïse Dautry, harp
Music by Ton That Tîet, Pèter Koeszeghy, Kaija Saariaho, and Orjan Sandred

The piece by Sandred (a world premiere) is called "Whirl of Leaves" and is the most virtuosic work that we have tackled for a long time: whirls of notes, weeks and weeks of rehearsal....stay tuned!




1 February 2009 -- Haus des Rundfunks Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Wolfgang Lischke, conductor

Although this will be about my 17th performance of Saariaho's Aile du songe, it will my first with this conductor and orchestra. Also on the program are works by Saed Haddad, Malika Kishino & Fabian Panisell.

Preview: After the festival I'll begin preparing my own pieces, inspired by the ideas, procedures and paintings of the Finnish artist Raija Malka, all to be presented at her art opening:

7 March 2009 -- Helsinki

from Camilla...

Well, obviously my web-site issues are not yet sorted out, so here is some news:
December 6--last concert of season, in a series in Pforzheim (a city in southern Germany known for centuries for their production of fine jewelry). under the title of "fantasies and journeys", I'll be alternating Telemann Fantasias with modern music for flute and CD/live electronic (this part handled by composer and sound-projectionist Bryan Wolf) by some of my favorite composers: Anne LeBaron, Pèter Köszeghy, Bryan Wolf and Kaija Saariaho. I've had a special request from the producers to end with Debussy's Syrinx--gladly!

For more information, also about the program, check out this web address:
http://www.pz-news.de/kultur/konzerte/97193/

The first concert of 2008 will be another appearance at the festival "Music in the Houses of the City". This time I'll be cooking up something with the dancer/choreographer Rick Kam. The word "house" is used more to describe the ambience of the concerts rather than the venues. We, for example, will be performing in the not-yet-completed new space being built for Microsoft near the Rhine river. (January 20, 2 p.m.).

All for now--Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!